TV news watching growth during COVID-19 by age Russia 2020

In Russia, the average time spent on watching TV news by the audience aged over four years increased by 73 percent over the period from March 30 to April 5, 2020, compared to the data from the first two weeks of March 2020. The highest growth rate during the COVID-19 non-working period was observed in the young population's news consumption.

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Growth rate of average daily time spent on watching news on television during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Russia in March and April 2020, by age group*

Characteristic	March 16-29	March 30 to April 5
Average 4+	32%	73%
4-11	54%	150%
12-17	54%	137%
18-24	62%	117%
25-34	43%	118%
35-44	41%	115%
45-54	37%	92%
55-64	32%	63%
65+	25%	48%

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Release date

April 2020

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

March 16-29 and March 30 to April 5, 2020

Age group

4 years and older

Special properties

Audience in cities with over 100,000 inhabitants

Supplementary notes

* Including viewership of daily news and information-analytical programs. TV audience from home and summer houses (dachas); growth relative to the period March 2-15, 2020.

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